/frag/ - Fragrance General

[Anonymous No.12523866]

LAST THREAD >>12514001
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BBC perfume documentary (part 1 of 3):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=annRzLYrRwM
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general info
http://fragrance.org/intelligence/knowledge-center/
http://perfumesociety.org/discover-perfume/an-introduction/
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various fragrance communities/review sites/blogs
http://www.fragrantica.com/
http://www.basenotes.net/
http://www.parfumo.net/
http://www.nstperfume.com/
http://www.boisdejasmin.com/
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w2c samples
http://www.luckyscent.com/
http://www.decantshop.com/
http://www.theperfumedcourt.com/
http://www.surrendertochance.com/
http://www.perfumista.co.uk/
http://www.ausliebezumduft.de/fragrances.html
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on DIY fragrances
http://www.perfumersapprentice.com/

[Anonymous No.12523872]

>>12523866
first for antaeus is god

[Anonymous No.12523895]

my samples came today, i put on some wonderwood and immediately jizzed my pants

[Anonymous No.12523916]

>>12523866
If you want recs, provide as many criteria as possible: including sex, price range, seasons/weather, occasions, other frags/notes/accords you like/dislike, special conditions i.e. can easily be found in mall department stores, other ephemera i.e. personal style/aura you want to project, etc...

[Anonymous No.12523976]

Invictus or Azzaro Wanted?

[Anonymous No.12524002]

>CdG re-releases Garage, Tar, and Soda but not Dry Clean
>Bond No. 9 refuses to re-release Andy Warhol
>CB I Hate Perfume won't stop being a bunch of jews

this industry is full of dipshits

[Anonymous No.12524070]

>>12524002
Fragrances are seen as a luxury, so of course they try to be exclusive.

[Anonymous No.12524080]

>>12524002
A store near me still has Andy Warhol. I sampled it but nah. Not too upset about it getting discoed.

[Anonymous No.12524190]

I didn't know it was possible for a fresh soapy scent to be cloying until I smelled Amber Pour Homme. I'm just not feeling it boys.

[Anonymous No.12524212]

Is perfume.com legit? Good deal on an AdG tester but I don't wanna get ripped

[Anonymous No.12524222]

>>12524190
Try Infusion d'homme by Prada.

[Anonymous No.12524223]

>>12524190
Yes i know this feeling. Amber pour homme also can sit with me funny sometimes

[Anonymous No.12524245]

post em if you got em

[Anonymous No.12524250]

>>12524245
Which one of those Aventus clones do you like best?

[Anonymous No.12524284]

>>12524250
cedrat boise? idk what you mean bud

[Anonymous No.12524335]

>>12524080
which store

[Anonymous No.12524337]

So what do you think? How's my collection coming along? Rate?

The decant is Virgin Island Water.

[Anonymous No.12524340]

>>12524337
Looks great, what are your favorites?

[Anonymous No.12524349]

>>12524340
Roja Enigma, Jubilation XXV, Mefisto.

Love Bat, too, though it's not very wearable. Very unique, very interesting, kind of earthy, musky, leathery, tropical fruit. Smells a bit like dirt and rotting fruit, not something to wear when you go out, but it's really a cool scent.

[Anonymous No.12524361]

>>12524250
They're all fantastic in their own way. Scent of Peace and Cedrat Boise are more like Aventus cousins than clones. Scent of Peace is best in warm weather and Cedrat Boise is my fall-winter or evening choice due to its vanilla sweetness. Pineapple Vintage Noir is the closest to a straight up Creed Aventus clone, but both PV versions are fresher and cleaner than the original. I own other Aventus clones as well as the Creed, but never even think to wear them anymore.

[Anonymous No.12524372]

>>12524349
What's your least favorite?

[Anonymous No.12524373]

Which of these makes the better general cold weather fragrance:
CH Men Privé
or
Dior Homme
?

[Anonymous No.12524376]

>>12524337
how similar are pure malt and havane? I have malt and the original a men but can also get a bottle of havane for 50 bucks

[Anonymous No.12524389]

>>12524372
Probably BDC. It doesn't last long even though it's an EDP, and after the opening, on my skin, it just dries down to smoky wood, basically. Don't wear it too often.

>>12524376
Quite different. Havane is a sweet, rich, tobacco, vanilla frag. They're not really similar at all.

[Anonymous No.12524421]

>>12524376
Totally different

[Anonymous No.12524431]

>>12524373
Only you can be the judge of that. CH Men Prive is definitely more traditionally masculine with its boozy and spicy notes. Iris is the main note in Dior Homme which gives is a very powdery, almost cosmetic smell. Personally I love Dior Homme but I know that a lot people think it's too feminine. Just sample them and see what you like, both should be available at most department stores

[Anonymous No.12524432]

>>12523976
Invictus Aqua

[Anonymous No.12524443]

>>12524373
>>12524431
I've sampled both and love them both but I',m just having trouble deciding. I agree that CHMP is more masculine and I do appreciate that, I was more interested in how generally likeable they are to people around you.

[Anonymous No.12524512]

>>12523872
Fuck yes it is. Current is still great, but vintage is extra so.

[Anonymous No.12524529]

>>12524245
:D

[Anonymous No.12524543]

>>12524529
ew

[Anonymous No.12524547]

>>12524376
I on the other hand, found them similar enough that I traded Havane away. The A*Men DNA is strong enough to me to make the featured accord almost superfluous IMO.

[Anonymous No.12524551]

paco rabanne pour hombre anyone? I have the tester version of it and it fades pretty quick and my father has the original store bought one and it lasts all day I dont understand why I thought testers were the same chemicals as the original perfume? help...

[Anonymous No.12524558]

how long do 25 ml bottles last? say I wear two sprays every day

I don't really want to spend the extra money for the next size up (100ml) because that's a pretty huge amount

[Anonymous No.12524561]

>>12524551
When did your dad buy his bottle? My first thought was a reformulation. I have a mini of vintage and it does indeed last a good while. And testers are the same juice as the current retail formulation.

[Anonymous No.12524562]

>>12524558
A typical atomizer is ~0.1ml/spray on average. You can do the math from there.

[Anonymous No.12524570]

>>12524561
I bought mine through a seller on ebay and he bought it at macy's.

[Anonymous No.12524573]

>>12524570
>>12524561
>When

[Anonymous No.12524586]

>>12524562
didn't know that, thanks senpai

[Tripsk !!NfEoAU6E/r3 No.12524593]

>>12523866
Going to a wedding next weekend and I think this frag would be perfect (sort of on theme even though this name is more because it's a rework of Don't Get Me Wrong Baby [I Don't Swallow] than it is a reference to actual wedding vows). I am really into white florals lately and like that this has gourmand qualities to it. Any thoughts?

[Anonymous No.12524615]

>>12524432
I love the opening, but I hate that harsh, bitter chemical base. I kind of wonder if I have a fake? Everyone else seems to love it, what does it smell like to you after a few hours?

[Anonymous No.12525156]

>>12523872

It dethroned Fahrenheit on my top list this winter. Classic frags are unbeatable imho

[Anonymous No.12525252]

>>12524245
My fellow Scent of Peace brotha

[Anonymous No.12525290]

A fragrance that has been getting popular lately in my area is <Seoul from Zara> it's cheap but smells amazing.

[Anonymous No.12525298]

where can i buy the ultimate fragrance made by grenouille in The Perfume

[Anonymous No.12525303]

Whats a good edp to get for my girlfriend, as her birthday is coming up? She swears by Lady Million, but i feel like thats a tad heavy for summer. Any suggestions?

[Anonymous No.12525306]

I love this perfume so so much

[Anonymous No.12525501]

>>12525303
DKNY Be Delicious?

[Anonymous No.12525567]

>>12524284
Probably pineapple vintage, the Aventus clones...

[Anonymous No.12525629]

What is the consensus on custom fragances? Good? Bad? As good as your taste? Recently got one that smells really nice. Reminds me of one my father had when I was little, but cannot put my finger on which one ot was. It has woody tones, sandalwood, another woody scent I cannot identify, jasmine, leather, it is musky and sweet without being overwhelming, some vanilla, maybe some rum and something I can only describe as young dad in a suit vibes. Really smooth.

Also what fragance does that remind you of?

[Anonymous No.12525670]

Good hot summer frag that perfoms well?
And no, not shit like adg profumo.
Not too floal either.

[Anonymous No.12525687]

>>12525670
try one of creed's freshies. VIW, MI, SMW

[Anonymous No.12525709]

>bought prada Eau Sport

>no one even notices it it's so quiet

Why did i buy water

Any suggestions on something else soapy and floral for men?

[Anonymous No.12525967]

>>12525670
>>12525687
couldnt have said it any better myself

[Anonymous No.12525978]

What are some recommendations if I love L'Homme and Jazz Club?

[Anonymous No.12525995]

>>12525629

Davidoff Zino perhaps.

[Anonymous No.12526032]

Would Davidoff's The Brilliant Game be a good alternative to 1 Million?

[Anonymous No.12526041]

>>12525687

What if I'm poor?

[Anonymous No.12526143]

>>12525629
Where would one go about getting a custom fragrance? I have an idea for one I'd love to try out.

[Anonymous No.12526174]

i can't decide between cdg wonderwood & black

help

[Anonymous No.12526316]

>>12525306
Yeah

[Anonymous No.12526332]

>>12525709
Prada is the house for soapy smells. Infusion Iris Cedre performs really well. All the infusions I've tried seem strong.

[Anonymous No.12526413]

>tfw you get a new bottle from fragrancenet
>Encre Noire à l'Extrême
>tfw you notice a sample in the box too
>Exceptional Because You Are for Men
>tfw when you already have three of these fucking things and have been getting them for at least five years
Jesus Fucking Christ give it up people.

[Anonymous No.12526542]

>>12526413
How is EN à l'Extrême? Thought the original was interesting but I loved Sport.

[Anonymous No.12526551]

Was planning to get cdg amzingreen, but never had the chance to try it. I'm wearing ysl m7 actually, do somebody got any thought on the CDG one ?

[Anonymous No.12526554]

I'm think about buying Allure Homme Edition Blanche, should I get the EDT or EDP? Also thinking about getting Gaultiers Popeye, YAY OR NAY?!

[Anonymous No.12526556]

Interested in blind buying CH Men Prive
Looking at the notes it seems like something I'd like.
What do you guys think about it?

[Anonymous No.12526558]

>>12526554
I think the EDT is discontinued so all of them now are the EDP.

[Anonymous No.12526562]

>>12526556
I blind bought it, didn't like it at first and couldn't wear it because of warm weather. After buying CH Men and comparing them both I actually really like Prive more.
I would say it's worth it, it's not too expensive and at least the bottle is interesting.

[Anonymous No.12526570]

>>12526562
>couldn't wear it because of warm weather.

Of course, I'm thinking I might just wait until F/W but I don't know if the demand for it will increase by then. Also most of my collection is FW scents so I have a lot in my rotation that I have to use. I suppose I'll wait.

[Anonymous No.12526571]

>>12526551
I have a sample of it, smells kind of like one of those trees you hang off of your mirror

haven't worn it yet but first impressions aren't as interesting as the other cdg stuff I have

[Anonymous No.12526613]

I've got a tough one for you guys. I'm looking for a gift for my father and this one is going to be special. When I was a small child he wore Halston z-14 as his daily and all of my memories from that time are tied to that scent. I'm looking for something similar to that scent but more refined. Grown up if you will. I sincerely appreciate your help!

[Anonymous No.12526658]

>>12526542
A few hours in to my first wearing, it certainly has the deep smoky vetiver backbone, but it is not as wet and earthy and oppressive. Cypress and sandalwood smooth out the edges and make it a bit more sophisticated. Another excellent flanker and one which I think I'll get more mileage out of than the original, which I love, but rarely wear.

[Anonymous No.12526674]

Thoughts on Jimmy Choo Ice? Just tried a sample page thing and I loved it

[Anonymous No.12526712]

>>12526613
Tom Ford Italian Cypress

[Anonymous No.12526713]

>>12526032
Check out 1 Million Prive

[Anonymous No.12526862]

>>12526712
Thanks for the recommendation! I'll look into it!

[Anonymous No.12526870]

>>12526712
Sounds absolutely perfect. Looks like around $185 for 50ml. Is it worth it?

[Anonymous No.12526897]

First time i used Dior Sauvage and it feelt weak no one noticed i was using it i did 3 shots (2 in the neck and 1 in the chest)

Also feelt like it lost all its power about 5 hrs

should i spray more? 5 times?

[Anonymous No.12526973]

>>12526897
It's like getting a haircut. If no one says anything they probably didn't like it. Spraying on more will NOT help this situation.

[sieg No.12526991]

>>12526973
disregard.

more sprays more bitches

[Anonymous No.12527008]

>>12526973
actually i told my coworker about it and told me he did not smell it, showed him the bottle and said "smells nice"

[Anonymous No.12527030]

>>12526897
sauvage is weak as fuck and fades quickly.

[Anonymous No.12527121]

>>12526143
There is this place in my city that lets you combine different fragances (sadly they tend to come in pairs or in sets of three ingredients), test a bunch of possibilities and then they give you a 50ml or 100ml flask of your creation. You could go to one of those places that sell handmade soap and shampoo and request it too I guess. Or maybe buy the oils yourself.

Mine has, more or less from most noticeable to least noticeable (first three at a tie imo), musk, sandalwood, jasmine, leather, rum, guaiac wood, vanilla (so far I think these are the most noticeable notes), lavender, rose, spices, watermelon and mandarin orange.

[Anonymous No.12527123]

>>12526143
>>12527121
Oh and the place I went to had at least 80 different notes and like 150 different combinations of those that you could mix further.

[Anonymous No.12527144]

>>12527123
>>12527121
>>12526143
I might be wrong with some of the last notes. Maybe there was patchouli, rosemary and sage too (not sure about this last one). I say this because upon smelling it I doubt there is mandarin orange there. The woody notes are distinguishable but they blend in eventually mid sniff. It is a quite smooth (and just sweet enough for my taste) woody oriental leathery fragance.

[Anonymous No.12527243]

So what do you think of armaf frags? How good do they clone and how is the performance?

Where can you get them in europe? I've seen a few people on basenotes/fragantica/yt say to buy them from some indian site takeit2day, anyone gotten anything from them?

[Anonymous No.12527314]

>>12526556
its a bit in the opening (because of the whiskey), but the drydown on it is amazing.
It also smells better when it lingers in the air.
It wouldn't recommend it for a young guy though. This one is better suited for 25+.

[Anonymous No.12527318]

>>12527243
I have a bottle of club de nuit intense men coming. From everything that I've read, it smells bit hrash for 15-20 minutes, but then its basically aventus, or as close to aventus as you can be considering Creed apparently cant make consistent quality product.

[Anonymous No.12527321]

>>12527243
I'm European and I own Armaf CDNIM.
I am VERY pleased with my purchase. I ordered it on amazon for 40 euros for 105 ml (so pretty cheap). Mine was imported from israel, so I had to pay another 15 euros customs which kinda sucked.

For the smell, I don't know how close it is to aventus because I never smelled it. CDNIM lasts very long (8 hours +). Got a compliment once 7 hours after applying. It also smells AMAZING. Also smells better when it lingers in the air.

11/10.

[Anonymous No.12527405]

Okay I originally planned to buy Dior Sauvage for summer as it had great performance on my skin.

But I just passed a group of "my dad is a lawyer" type guys and it was like I passed a huge cloud of Sauvage. Now if I ever smell Sauvage I will associate it with this image.

What is a good replacement? I need something that could work as a night out fragrance but also a day fragrance if I needed it too (for summer)

[Anonymous No.12527408]

>>12527405
Scents that share the same vibe as Sauvage are: Blue de Chanel, Versace Dylan Blue, club de nuit intense men, Chanel allure Homme sport (Eau Extreme), ...
They are all fresh and very versatile, you could try those.

[Anonymous No.12527415]

What would you guys recommend based on my current collection so far?

I'm mostly active at night, sleep during the day.

I kinda feel like I've reached my endgame.

[Anonymous No.12527423]

>>12527415
CAHSEE?

[Anonymous No.12527533]

>>12527408
>Sauvage are: Blue de Chanel
I don't see this.
>Chanel allure Homme sport (Eau Extreme)
Especially this

[Anonymous No.12527554]

>>12527121
>Moustache logo

Dropped harder than a ton of bricks

[Anonymous No.12527615]

went to the local designer frag store again, as much as i like fragrances that place is so foreign to me, they all smell bad.

some of the ones i tried:

bleu de chanel: it's true it's fucking generic dont wear that shit
sauvage: last time i said it wasnt so bad but it's actually fucking terrible. axe tier shit what is jeremy even thinking? he loves sauvage and la nuit de l'homme, but fucking terrible pleb shit frags.
and i tried a bunch of others but i dont remember their names. not very noteworthy. fuck designer shit

the versace frags were great though, Eros and that other Dark blue bottle, top tier stuff. also im happy that my sister finally found a proper frag instead of those fucking cheap mists. she got Sky di Gioia by Armani, which isnt so bad.

right now im wearing Into the Void by Juliette has a gun. i guess it smells like what the deep space would smell like.

[Anonymous No.12527625]

>>12527615
>bdc is generic
I disagree dude. I get tons of compliments on it

[Anonymous No.12527626]

>>12527625
that doesnt make it any less generic. king of the generic

[Anonymous No.12527627]

>>12527121
Hmmmm... there don't seem to be any places near me and all the services I've found online restrict you to a very small number of notes and don't have some of the notes I want.

Guess I'd have to mix it myself.

[Anonymous No.12527632]

>>12527615
are you the same guy that keeps posting about how all designer frags are shit

[Anonymous No.12527635]

>>12527625
Anything not heavy with either oud or ambergris notes is generic.

[Anonymous No.12527639]

>>12527632
yes

[Anonymous No.12527641]

Opinions on this one? Seems to have almost universally good or at least neutral reviews and notes looks very nice.

[Anonymous No.12527650]

>>12527625
I have the EDP. It is generic, but at the same time it was created for mass appeal. i.e. generic.

[Anonymous No.12527653]

>>12527639
please stop

[Anonymous No.12527656]

>>12527653
"no"

[Anonymous No.12527663]

>>12527615

You failed on this one. Eros is syntethic over sweet mess according to snobs

[Anonymous No.12527670]

>>12527663
on the paper strip it was miles above everything else in the store so i dunno how it would be on the skin

like sauvage on strip wasnt so bad iirc but on the skin it developped into an horrible synthetic mess

[Anonymous No.12527690]

>>12527663
I mean, he can't hate everything. He smelled a nice, sweet frag and enjoyed it. Him enjoying Dylan Blue is honestly more shocking.

[Anonymous No.12527924]

I like CdG black a lot, I was planning on buying it but man 2 looks similar and has way better ratings. I've never smelled it but should I buy it anyway?

I feel like black is a little too formal too

[Anonymous No.12527976]

>>12527554
They gice you some options to pick. I like moustaches.

[Anonymous No.12528015]

Any recommendations for someone just looking for a "clean" smell?

[Anonymous No.12528031]

>>12528015
Mugler Cologne

[Anonymous No.12528041]

>>12528031
>Mugler Cologne
I'll take a look, thanks

[Anonymous No.12528057]

>>12528015
Pic related

[Anonymous No.12528059]

>>12528015
dior homme cologne

[Anonymous No.12528079]

>>12528015
YSL l'homme

[Anonymous No.12528123]

>>12527615
>fuck designer shit
>versace frags were great though
>top tier stuff

[Anonymous No.12528124]

>>12527625
Generic doesn't mean it doesn't smell good.

[Anonymous No.12528131]

>>12528123
eros and dylan blue were the only acceptable frags in the store imo, i didnt like eau fraiche and another

[Anonymous No.12528138]

>>12528131
how is bdc generic but dylan blue isnt, its the same citrus ambroxan shit
youre retarded

[Anonymous No.12528143]

>>12528138
smelled it very briefly but i dont remember it smelling like bdc

[Anonymous No.12528145]

>>12528143
watch any review, read fragrantica. people literally describe it as sauvage mixed with bdc

[Anonymous No.12528151]

>>12528145
ill make a better comparison next time

[Anonymous No.12528161]

>>12528145
ill try them on my skin next time i visit the pleb store

[Anonymous No.12528170]

>>12528161
while youre at it dont try so hard to be a frag elitist and appreciate pleb scents for what they are. its one thing to not want to wear it because you dont want to smell like everyone else but youre a faggot if you hold a grudge against a frag because its mass pleasing and gets attention

[Anonymous No.12528178]

>>12528170
thats what i do i "appreciate" them for what they are, and for the most part I dont like them, it's why it took me a while to get into the hobby to begin with. i would have never thought back then that a cologne could actually NOT smell like some sort of bad soap or overwhelming sweet shit. while most of them dont smell totally repulsive, they just dont smell good enough and evoke nothing but trash.

[Anonymous No.12528179]

>>12528145
>read fragrantica
Please anyone, don't ever listen to this site. A bunch of niche snobs and frag elitist, it's so fucking annoying. They describe every mass-pleasing scent (such ass sauvage) as "muhhh generic" and "muhhh synthetic mess", even though it smells 100x better as their 300 dollar niche crap.
The only thing that site is good for are the note breakdowns.

[Anonymous No.12528184]

>>12528178
smelling things is not a hobby

[Anonymous No.12528187]

>>12528184
what a dumb post

[Anonymous No.12528191]

test

[Anonymous No.12528196]

>>12528187
>what do you like to do in your spare time anon?
>I like to wear cologne

come on senpai

[Anonymous No.12528199]

>>12528196
>hello mr roja dove what do you do in your spare time?
>i wear cologne lol

[Anonymous No.12528203]

>>12528199
more like
>hello mr roja dove what is your job
>i wear cologne?

[Anonymous No.12528204]

>>12528178
>they
>being new and un-self-aware enough to actually think knowing a frag's cost isn't influencing your opinion of it

[Anonymous No.12528208]

>>12528204
what? then i would love shit like reflection man but i hate it

[Anonymous No.12528221]

>>12528199
not even the same thing

[Anonymous No.12528227]

>>12528221
yeah it is the same fucking thing, you're bunching anything olfactive in the same basket

i guess cooking cant be a hobby neither because youre just eating, collecting stamps cant be a hobby because youre just hoarding paper and so on

[Anonymous No.12528232]

>>12528227
>just eating food
eating food is not a hobby but making food certainly is, so unless you make your own scents your """"hobby"""" is a million times more stupid than collecting stamps because not only are you not doing anything you're spending 100x more on it

[Anonymous No.12528234]

>>12528232
what even are you doing here if you cannot comprehend how perfumery and fragrances can be made into a hobby? fucking dumbass

[Anonymous No.12528248]

>>12528234
because I like wearing scents but I'm not so fucking boring that I consider this a hobby

[Anonymous No.12528260]

>>12528248
ok fucking pleb i dont think even explaining anything to you will advance anything, and for the record I dont even wear anything (yet)

[Anonymous No.12528263]

>>12528260
>claims to be into the """""""""hobby""""""""""
>doesn't even own anything

not only are you a poser but you're a poser in the world's lamest scene

[Anonymous No.12528271]

>>12528263
how fucking disrespectful to this general
it never occured to you that I owned a shit ton of samples? of COURSE not your tiny brain couldnt possibly conceive anything like that

[Anonymous No.12528281]

>>12528232
Being a goody and going out to restaurants to try the food is absolutely a hobby. I know people who travel for expressly that purpose. I went on a road trip with a buddy once just to try a bunch of BBQ places.

Similarly, I've gone way out of my way to go to a specific store to smell some fragrances that aren't carried at other stores. If it's an interest that you spend time pursuing, it is a hobby.

[Anonymous No.12528283]

>>12528271
first things first this is a general (read: circle jerk) on a mongolian fly fishing forum, there is nothing to respect

so your hobby is literally smelling samples–not even full bottles–of perfume, and then discussing them on one of the slowest sections on this site? and you're okay with that?

[Anonymous No.12528285]

>>12528271
So, you're the dude who came here a few months back posting pics and asking for recommendations for samples, you still don't actually own any bottles, and you're acting like a hardcore niche snob?

I regret giving you recs. your kind of autism is why we can't have nice things.

[Anonymous No.12528292]

>>12528283
>it's not the same liquid in the sample vials and bottles
it's a good place to discuss frags when it's not infested by mongoloids like you

>>12528285
do I need to own 40 bottles $400 each or what
i see it as an olfactive library and i havent really found anything worth buying yet

[Anonymous No.12528295]

>>12528281
Idk man if someone told me their main hobby was traveling around smelling perfumes I'd think them a bit odd or eccentric at least

That being said I wouldn't think they were some total autist either like I would this guy >>12528271

[Anonymous No.12528299]

>>12528292
>olfactory library
read: bunch of little tubes that I like to smell in my free time

at least wear some you fucking sperg, that's literally their only purpose. how are you gonna know them if you don't know how they smell on a body?

[Anonymous No.12528301]

>>12528292
You realize you're brand new to this and talking down to people like you know shit, right? How arrogant are you?

>>12528295
Well, who says it's their only hobby? I have a bunch of hobbies, but if I find out there's a store across town that's carrying Roja Dove or whatever, damn right I'm gonna go check it out.

[Anonymous No.12528304]

>>12528301
If you were on a first date and they asked you what you liked to do would you start off with "oh I like cologne"?

[Anonymous No.12528307]

>>12528299
>NOT even taking into consideration the power of smell in any shape or form and what it can evoke
>NOT knowing sample vials can be applied on the skin/heat
youre not the brightest in your family are you

>>12528301
yeah i guess im a bigger pleb than jeremy who loves sauvage and la nuit the l'homme

[Anonymous No.12528309]

>>12528307
de l'homme*

[Anonymous No.12528314]

>>12528307
you literally just said you don't wear anything right here >>12528260 you massive retard

you cannot be over 18, I refuse to believe it

[Anonymous No.12528319]

>>12528304
No, but if the girl commented on the cologne I was wearing I might mention I collect them. Had a few nice conversations with grills about fragrances that way. I'm not autistic, though, so I can talk about it without being weird.

>>12528307
Jeremy has a successful YouTube channel with thousands of followers and sponsors that he makes money off of. You act like an autistic perfume snob on a Malaysian sheep herding board. Who's the real "pleb" here?

[Anonymous No.12528323]

>>12528314
as in I dont have anything strong enough to project enough and /get compliments/ unless i pour the whole vial on me

>>12528319
yeah and also nicki minaj and ariana grande are good artists

[Anonymous No.12528326]

>>12528319
there you go, that's a perfectly normal thing to do

>>12528323
take notes retard

[Anonymous No.12528329]

>>12528326
i dont mention perfumery as some sort of hobby because i know nobody gets it

[Anonymous No.12528336]

>>12528329
i don't think you know what perfumery means

[Anonymous No.12528338]

>>12528336
ok what does it mean

[Anonymous No.12528340]

>>12528323
They're certainly successful artists. You can sit around thinking you have more talent than them in your little finger, but they're worth hundreds of millions of dollars and you're not. Thinking you're better than someone doesn't mean shit if you don't have the results to back it up.

Also, again, YOU ARE BRAND NEW AT THIS. You can't just start something and immediately start talking shit about people who have been established for years. That's not how shit works.

[Anonymous No.12528342]

>>12528338
it doesn't mean sitting in your room smelling samples

[Anonymous No.12528345]

>>12528329

[Anonymous No.12528348]

>>12528345
Nailed it.

[Anonymous No.12528351]

>>12528340
so what if theyre worth hundreds of millions? does that make them GOOD artists? their fanbase is a bunch of 12 years olds. they dont actually have the necessary qualities to make objectively good art.

>>12528342
ok find the actual word then

>>12528345
>i need 40 years in the domain to confidently say sauvage smells like trash

mate the sense of smell is the most primal there is

[Anonymous No.12528352]

>>12528340
>justin bieber: Ill teach you how to make GOOD music. you can trust me, i have many 12 years old fan girls.
>waaaa llaaaaaaa a ababyybbyybabababybyy
>thats how!

[Anonymous No.12528357]

>>12528352
this post is straight from 9gag

[Anonymous No.12528374]

>>12528351
No, but when tons of people are established in the industry and say one thing, and you come along having essentially no experience whatsoever and say another thing, it makes you look like a dumbass.

Plus, smell is very subjective. Just because you don't like something doesn't mean it's trash that only plebs would like.

>>12528352
Never said he was good, just said he was successful.

[Anonymous No.12528382]

>>12528374
if there is such a thing as a definite pleb frag, there is such a thing as an objectively shit frag. who even are those other people anyway? you said it yourself it's very subjective, so if the guy is born a pleb his tastes will be plebish no matter what. and dont bring that "sucessful" crap again, thats not how you judge anything in the realm of arts.

[Anonymous No.12528390]

>>12528382
>if the guy is born a pleb
lmfao

we've done it, we've found the most pretentious child on /fa/

[Anonymous No.12528394]

>>12528390
hey we're not all born equal

[Anonymous No.12528400]

Yep, this thread is fucked by 12 year olds.
Time to start a new one.

[Anonymous No.12528401]

>>12528382
See
>>12528390
You come off as a pretentious moron who thinks he knows better than everyone else. This is made even more ridiculous by the fact that you just fucking started doing this and don't even own any fragrances yet.

You, sir, are the ultimate poseur.

[Anonymous No.12528403]

>>12528394
you're right, some of us are brainlets whose only friends are a handful of perfume samples

[Anonymous No.12528405]

>>12528401
obvious samefag

I haven't even said anything about what I own either

[Anonymous No.12528406]

>>12528400
im the OP lmao

>>12528401
i am NOT a poseur

>>12528403
damn must be sad being you im sorry

[Anonymous No.12528407]

>>12528405
oh my bad I thought you were talking to me, disregard this >>12528405

[Anonymous No.12528412]

>>12528407
>>12528401
shit

[Anonymous No.12528415]

>>12528407
>>12528401
got dam lmao

[Anonymous No.12528420]

to qll the people saying im wrong, this is my reaction rn, lmao at u

[Anonymous No.12528423]

me when i think of the retards itt lmao

[Anonymous No.12528424]

>>12528420
nice try but we all know that those were genuine non-troll posts

[Anonymous No.12528429]

>>12528424
im not saying they were troll posts

[Anonymous No.12528434]

>>12528406
Yes. You have no idea what you're talking about, you came here a couple months with zero knowledge whatsoever and now are trying to talk down to people like you know shit. You are fake, phony, pretentious, arrogant, and full of shit, you poseur.

Please stop posting here. You came asking for help, we helped you, now you shit up our threads.

[Anonymous No.12528438]

>>12528434
no i dont, that other retard just shouldnt have said it's not a hobby

in what way am i talking other people down anyway? all i said so far (i think) is that designers make shit frags for the most part. ive not been disrespectful unless provoked i dont think.

[Anonymous No.12528444]

>>12528438
It's a good thing he did because now we all know how much of a little shit you are.

[Anonymous No.12528447]

>>12528444
i still dont understand why. just go wear sauvage and company ffs

[Anonymous No.12528449]

>>12528438
Saying only plebs like certain fragrances and calling them trash is disrespectful. If you said you didn't like them, that's fine. Saying they're complete trash and only people with shit taste could possibly like them is pretentious, arrogant, and unnecessary, especially coming from someone so new.

Have some humility until you've paid your dues.

[Anonymous No.12528456]

This is why I keep coming here

[Anonymous No.12528460]

>>12528449
oh okay thats why

well yeah certain frags are trash what can i say! wearing something plebby is still better than wearing something extra plebby like axe or having no interest at all in the domain, but come on.

[Anonymous No.12528465]

>>12528460
Alright, fuck it, I'm out.

[Anonymous No.12528466]

>>12528460
how many people need to explain objectivity vs subjectivity to you before you can understand it

[Anonymous No.12528470]

>>12528466
i understand objectivity and subjectivity .. but can you compare the tastes of a king vs the tastes of a peasant? i wouldnt be so harsh if people stopped considering their tastes equal to those of people who actually know whats good. i would even congratulate them for wearing something like sauvage because they made an effort.

>>12528465
:c

[Anonymous No.12528484]

>>12528470
You do not actually know what is good. You just started doing this a couple months ago. You don't know shit. You are not a king.

[Anonymous No.12528485]

>>12528470
fuck this I'm done too

[Anonymous No.12528486]

>>12528484
i didnt just grow a nose last month

[Anonymous No.12528488]

>>12528179
yes thank you for the redundant comment about fragrantica bejng bad but im not saying dylan blue is trash and neither are the fragrantica comments that im referring to. fragrantica is aids but if you wade through the comments of both extremes, the contrarians AND the hype dickriders and you cant find some sort of consensus somewhere in the middle then youre probably an idiot

[Anonymous No.12528491]

hey people i didnt mean to offend anyone

[Anonymous No.12528494]

>>12528486
new anon to this particular discussion thread.
you need to either use a tripcode so we can filter you or go away. you are universally despised in recent threads for shitting up and derailing conversation. get it through your thick autistic skull.

[Anonymous No.12528495]

>>12528494
no you autist next time dont say fragrances cant be a hobby

[Anonymous No.12528499]

>>12528486
i think his first sentence implied that was not him that said that

[Anonymous No.12528500]

>>12528495
i am not that anon. i just want you to stop spouting your idiocy. you are literally the worst poster i have encountered in two years of visiting /frag/.

[Anonymous No.12528503]

>>12528495
But he's right, sitting around and """"""discussing"""""" your 6 samples on 4chan is not a hobby.

[Anonymous No.12528506]

>>12528500
>i spout idiocy because i identify shit frags as being shit
>>12528503
>6 samples
>>12528499
what

[Anonymous No.12528511]

>>12528503
any time i see anyone mad enough to comment that its not a hobby i instantly assume they're too poor to afford even decants

[Anonymous No.12528512]

>>12528506
nobody's impressed by your sample collection

[Anonymous No.12528514]

>>12528512
well im not trying to impress anyone..

[Anonymous No.12528517]

>>12528514
what a fucking pedantic faggot
seriously go away
kys already

[Anonymous No.12528518]

>>12528511
says the guy who only buys samples

[Anonymous No.12528520]

>>12528517
you're going too far!!! this is /frag/ not /r9k/!@@

[Anonymous No.12528525]

>>12528518
nice try faggot but im not the kid everyones yelling at, as big of a homo he is, his hobby is as real as any of us if he just enjoys fragrances

[Anonymous No.12528529]

Hey guys can we talk about fragrances again?

[Anonymous No.12528530]

>>12528525
it's not a hobby, at least not enough of a hobby that people won't think you're a loser for it being yours

if this is the only thing you do then you need to go outside

[Anonymous No.12528532]

>>12528530
>if this is the only thing you
woah we all implied this is literally the only thing we do!!!!!

FUUUUUUUCKK YOURE SO SMART

[Anonymous No.12528534]

>>12528532
still not a hobby

[Anonymous No.12528535]

>>12528530
>its the only thing you do
there's nobody here that exclusively sits here and jerks off all day about fragrances, how do you think any of us afford these things unless this is just a collective of children with daddy's wallet.
it wouldn't surprise me if that was the case, but i'm fairly sure that's unrealistic to assume none of us here have careers that can support the price tag of fragrances. i suppose that's lost on you since you're clearly underage and don't have a career if you give a fuck about what people think about things you enjoy
>waaah all the kids at school think im a loser because i like fragrances ;*(

[Anonymous No.12528536]

>>12528534
okay then tell this guy about it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlx63lmvtGQ

[Anonymous No.12528539]

>>12528536
nice way to bring up an irrelevant literally who person who happens to like fragrances
thats like saying music is for losers and linking a nickelback video as proof

[Anonymous No.12528540]

>>12528535
>hurr underage

obviously I like this shit if I'm in this thread, but I don't consider it a hobby because I don't have the personality of a sheet of A4 paper

[Anonymous No.12528541]

>>12528539
he explains in details how fragrances can be enjoyed beyond merely wearing them for compliments

fucking retard

[Anonymous No.12528542]

>>12528529
Yup. Anyone tried The Tragedy of Lord George by Penhaligon's? I got a sample and thought it was pretty nice. Very old school, classy scent. Thinking of getting a bottle, fragrancebuy has it (relatively) cheap.

Thoughts?

[Anonymous No.12528544]

>>12528536
he looks like a huge faggot and I would very much like to tell him that his hobby is fucking stupid

maybe I'll send him a message

[Anonymous No.12528545]

>>12528544
go ahead he also managed to get a reply from bertrand duchaufour who was interested in his projecy

[Anonymous No.12528546]

>>12528540
then i wish you the best of longevity in your life if your existence is so breakneck and exciting that appreciating scents is below your definition of a hobby, i only wish that i could be as exciting as you
if you expect me to believe you're a functioning adult with the attitude of OMG WHAT WILL PEOPLE THINK ABOUT ME then i dont know how you support yourself with that degree of insecurity

[Anonymous No.12528548]

>>12528545
does he make his own fragrances? because like i said that is a perfectly valid hobby

[Anonymous No.12528550]

>>12528548
youre beyond retarded, youre the one who should make a fucking tripcode

[Anonymous No.12528551]

>>12528546
you seem pretty upset for somebody who doesn't care what people think about his stupid hobby

[Anonymous No.12528553]

>>12528551
idk preaching to people about what is a hobby and what isn't seems a little more upset than me calling you a retard but to each their own

[Anonymous No.12528554]

who /brut/ here?

[Anonymous No.12528555]

>>12528554
step aside pleb

[Anonymous No.12528562]

>>12528553
the entire point of this website is for other people to tell you that what you like is stupid so I don't know what you expected

[Anonymous No.12528563]

>>12528555
nothin persenel

[Anonymous No.12528564]

>>12528554
>>12528555
Whatup amateurs

[Anonymous No.12528567]

"A hobby is a regular activity that is done for enjoyment, typically during one's leisure time. Hobbies can include collecting themed items and objects, engaging in creative and artistic pursuits, playing sports, or pursuing other amusements."

[Anonymous No.12528570]

>>12528564
>eau de toilette
its like you're not even trying

[Anonymous No.12528578]

>>12528567
not the other guy but I don't get collections either, spending a ton of money on stuff that just sits on the shelf isn't my idea of fun

[Anonymous No.12528581]

>>12528578
theres a new world in every vial

[Anonymous No.12528592]

>>12528581
I have a couple of bottles and I want to get more but I wouldn't call it a hobby either, like it's not an activity that I can literally do in my free time, it's just something I spray on to smell nice

I won't argue that some of them aren't a kind of art because they definitely are

[Anonymous No.12528595]

>>12528578
Personally, I wear everything in my collection. I just like trying different scents. Different days I feel like wearing different things, I like having options.

[Anonymous No.12528598]

Am I the only one that thinks this thread is the exact reason we need IDs?

[Anonymous No.12528605]

>>12528595
yeah but I wouldn't call that a hobby, I wouldn't call fashion a hobby either so much as an extension of your personality

****no bulli is intended by this post****

[Anonymous No.12528606]

>>12528592
well you have your reasons to not call YOUR interest in fragrances and thats fine

like i want to dress nice and stuff too but i wouldnt call my own interest in fashion a hobby as much as regulars of this board

[Anonymous No.12528613]

>That one guy who owns a bunch of niche fragrance samples and sees himself as a niche elitist

That's exactly how I picture any fag in this thread that makes a big deal of niche vs. designer, some poorfag who can't buy an actual bottle so he buys a bunch of samples and decants. Decants especially, that's why there are so many decant websites in the OP.

Let me tell you guys something, if you can't buy niche frags on your $10/hr paycheck, don't try to get into the niche scene.

[Anonymous No.12528619]

>>12528613
>blind buying bottles
>buying bottles that you dont really like

[Anonymous No.12528621]

>>12528613
are you not making a big deal about niche shit by this post because it sounds like you are

[Anonymous No.12528625]

>>12528619
Sampling is okay, but if you stock up on samples because you're too poor to buy niche, then just stop.

[Anonymous No.12528631]

>>12528625
ill buy a bottle when i like a fragrance enough.

[Anonymous No.12528647]

why can't we have a single thread on this entire board that isn't
>hurr poor people
>hurr elitism

everybody knows you're all trying to flex on fast food paychecks, actual rich people don't flaunt their money

[Anonymous No.12528656]

>>12528647
I seem to recall a certain maybe-billionaire president who has a penchant for erecting giant gold buildings with is name plastered across them.

[Anonymous No.12528663]

>>12528656
yeah and spoiler alert: he's a tool bag

for every retarded asshole rich person there's a hundred more that shop at marshalls and drive outbacks

[Anonymous No.12528675]

>>12528663
True. Just sayin'.

[Anonymous No.12528683]

>>12528675
you're saying you want to act like trump and flaunt your dick ovens over the poor people of a flemish microwave oven technician forum?

[Anonymous No.12528694]

>>12528683
No, I was just saying that some rich people do, in fact, flaunt their money. That's all.

[Anonymous No.12528863]

I'll be back next thread I guess...

[Tripsk !!NfEoAU6E/r3 No.12528878]

>>12524593
Okay well I bought it. Parts of it remind me a lot of Love by Kilian, but it's less sweet and slightly springier. It doesn't last very long (Love definitely does) but maybe that's part of its appeal

[Anonymous No.12528935]

>>12525670
i once smelled bond no 9 shelter island and was blown away i so wish i could afford it do yourself the favour

[Anonymous No.12529058]

i want to smell like electricity?

[Anonymous No.12529138]

>>12528530
>it's not a hobby
Different anon here. Am I to infer than you believe that collecting anything does not qualify as a hobby?

[Anonymous No.12529149]

>>12528598
Not at all. I miss IDs something fierce on a daily basis around here.

[Anonymous No.12529406]

whats the most entry level fragrance you can think of? Preferably internationally available and not too expensive

[Anonymous No.12529424]

>>12529406
Axe.
Old Spice.
Chanel N.5
Davidoff Cool Water

[Anonymous No.12529542]

Is Burberry London too strong? I like subtle fragrances rather than heavy ones. Can you give me advice on what designers have soft fragrances?

[Anonymous No.12529583]

How do I start sampling? I wouldnt know where to go on who I should ask. I live in the EU and the while fragrance hype isn't nearly as big in the USA. Any EU people here that can help?

[Anonymous No.12529650]

>>12529542
Burberry London is not really strong at all. You could probably use 10 sprays and it won't be overpowering.

[Anonymous No.12529687]

Fuking discusting.

Did this guy make anything good at all?

[Anonymous No.12529823]

>>12529583
1. get some fragrance rec
2. buy the samples

[Anonymous No.12529879]

>>12529583
luckyscent.com
theperfumedcourt.com

[Anonymous No.12529897]

Best frags for having sex? Like when you know youre getting laid, what do you put on

[Anonymous No.12529903]

Literally the only fragrance that has gotten me compliments. It smells like pencil sharpenings and herbs.

[Anonymous No.12529908]

>>12529058
Look for scents described as ozonic. When you smell electricity, you're smelling a bit of ozone that's generated when a spark ionizes the oxygen in the air.

[Anonymous No.12529916]

>>12529897
Secretions Magnifique

[Anonymous No.12529924]

>>12529583
I don't think these >>12529879 ship to the EU without hassle. Ausliebezumduft.de and essenza-nobile.de do. They're pretty much niche only.

For designer stuff I'm not aware of anyone who sells samples. There do seem to be a lot more stores than there are in the US at least. Some of the nicer ones (i.e. not Douglas) will decant a sample for you if you can hold a few minutes of polite conversation with a rep.

[Anonymous No.12529981]

>>12529897
Creed MI for me. Women love it on me. It's my go-to date/getting laid frag.

[Anonymous No.12529985]

What's the best place to spray yourself to maximize effectiveness of a fragrance?

[Anonymous No.12529990]

>>12529583
Ok, how to sample: a guide:

Step 1: ask for recs here, make a list.
Step 2: order samples en masse.
Step 3: dont buy any full bottles, only maintain a massive collection of tiny, 1ml vials, most of which you've never even smelled on your skin.
Step 4: come back here and start acting like a gigantic snob, insist that anything that isn't niche is trash and for plebs.
Step 5: refer to yourself as a king and insist you know better than everyone else, even though 2 months ago, you'd literally never worn a fragrance before in your life.

And there you go. You know have a sample collection.

[Anonymous No.12530015]

>>12529990
Don't let him get to you man.

[Anonymous No.12530028]

>>12529924
For USA /fa/gs, Sephora is surprisingly pretty good

They carry a lot of unisex frags disguised in the women's section (Replica, Derek Lam 10 Crosby, Atelier Cologne, Commodity) and they're VERY generous with samples

Last time I went in there, I spent like 10 minutes talking to the qt frag girl and walked out with like 5ml each of Oud, Bleu de Chanel, Something Wild, and Japanese Teahouse

[Anonymous No.12530081]

>>12528878
I love Jasmine et Cigarette, but refuse to buy it on account of it completely disappearing after 4 hours.

What's your go-to jasmine these days?

[Anonymous No.12530085]

>>12529058
Fat Electrician

[Anonymous No.12530092]

>>12525629
>What is the consensus on custom fragances
A fun way to spend money if you have money to spend. If I were ridiculously wealthy I'd have Roja and Kurkdjian custom scents made and just be an art patron in general.

[Anonymous No.12530094]

>>12525978
You'll probably love l'homme intense as well.

[Anonymous No.12530128]

>>12529687
Eau Noire, AU, AUForte, Lumiere Noire, the list goes on.

[Anonymous No.12530134]

Also jesus christ I'm glad I don't spend much time here anymore.

[Anonymous No.12530309]

>>12530134
Newcomer here, been here for a decent number of threads and this is the first one I've seen devolve into shitposting like this

[Anonymous No.12530352]

>>12530309
This. It's usually pretty decent here. It's mostly just that one autistic who shits things up. Everyone else is pretty chill.

[Anonymous No.12530369]

Thoughts?

[Anonymous No.12530558]

Managed to get a bottle of Ultra Male for 40.00 CAD from a store that was closing. It's alright. Don't like it up close, but if I spray a little on my shirt, the wafts are pretty nice.

[Anonymous No.12530569]

>>12530558
>Ultra male for 40 canadian funbux

I'm REALLY jealous damn
that's like 30 real dollars, that's insane

[Anonymous No.12530592]

>>12530569
Yeah, like I said, it was a location of a drug store that was closing, they had a whole aisle of assorted stuff that was like half price or less. Only really interesting thing I saw was the Ultra Male.

Kinda figured at that price it'd have been dumb not to grab it.

[Anonymous No.12530603]

Can't wait to smell a guy wearing sauvage in public so i can tell him he smells synthetic and generic, then bust out a vial of aventus and apply 2 sprays to the neck, shoulders and wrists (not rubbing wrists together)

[Anonymous No.12530605]

sampled this the other day lads...

i really wanted to like it but to me the opening just smells like bathroom cleaner

[Anonymous No.12530614]

>>12530605
I find reflection a little overrated, myself. It's a very nice smell, well blended, but I find it very safe. It's just a clean, inoffensive smell. Very nice, very pleasant, but not that interesting.

[Anonymous No.12530616]

Is there anything that smells like this but without the abysmal performance? Literally only lasts a half hour from what little I've seen

[Anonymous No.12530620]

>>12530614
>>12530605
What's your favorite amouage scent? About to get a sample of reflection, but I'll avoid it if it's just soapy like you guys said

[Anonymous No.12530622]

>>12530614
know any interesting scents that get compliments

tfw only get compliments with sauvage

[Anonymous No.12530623]

>>12530369
Really wanted to try it until I saw mint was involved, now not sure if I'll bother. Don't really like the note much, nor have I really liked things like Menthe Fraiche and Guerlain Homme, so I have a feeling I'd just be throwing money away. The inspiration behind it is perfect, which makes it all the more frustrating for me.

[Anonymous No.12530627]

>>12530620
havent tried too many
i'll probably sample jubilation xxv next

[Anonymous No.12530637]

I got bottles of Chanel's Bleu and Allure Homme Sport for free. Are these any good? When should I wear them?

I know nothing about fragrances really.

[Anonymous No.12530639]

>>12530637
both great anytime.
allure homme sport particulary good in the summer

[Anonymous No.12530646]

>>12530352
stop

[Anonymous No.12530655]

>>12530620
I like Jubilation XXV, myself. I'd try reflection, see if it's for you. I wouldn't say it's soapy, more clean and floral, kind of a fresh laundry scent. It's by no means a bad scent at all, it's just that personally, if I buy a niche scent, I want something a little more adventurous.

Reflection almost seems like a really nice, really refined designer scent.

[Anonymous No.12530660]

>>12530655
Thoughts on XXV?

[Anonymous No.12530664]

>>12530655
>XXV is a fresh laundry scent

Please no

[Anonymous No.12530672]

>>12530660
Very exotic, sweet blackberry, citrus, resins, incense, and spice. Smells very rich. Like a sultan's palace.

>>12530664
Reflection, not XXV. And reflection is much, much nicer than Individuel.

[Anonymous No.12530696]

>>12530672
How much nicer? And how different is it? I really, really hate Individuel

[Anonymous No.12530710]

>>12530605

>Amourage

I had a two hour wait in London and smelled through the entire line and tried a few on. It really doesn't give the impression the price tag suggests. Leading me to believe the entire fucking line exists because of good margins and gullible retards who think price = quality thanks to good marketing.

In a business that lives on huge markups that's quite the feat.

[Anonymous No.12530711]

>>12530696
Much nicer. Individuel is very harsh and synthetic. Reflection is very smooth, soft, and floral. Much more natural smelling. Almost a slightly creamy quality to it. Like I said, it's worth sampling.

[Anonymous No.12530719]

>>12530710
That really makes you wonder, what set the standard of selling a 3.4 oz bottle of mostly alcohol and oils that couldn't cost over $7 for 70-400 dollars? It's amazing they can still get away with it or ever could.

[Anonymous No.12530736]

>>12530719

Don't get me wrong, I know why the markup exists. Perfumes, especially higher end, aren't as much about mass production and shipping volume. Therefore you are either a small operation, or you need to account for marketing and stores/inventory.

Perfumes are an ancient luxury item for a reason.

But that doesn't mean price = quality. Creed is one good example of just outrageous markups leading to huge successes, because they were able to market it right. It's like Apple; decent product sold at ridiculous markup and popular to boot.

Then you have the polar opposite like the guy I bought from who has a regular little sales stand in Brussels just outside the town square. He makes his own stuff, clearly minimal operation, and he offers to work up custom scents to suit you for a bit more money. His standard frags aren't much more than "decent" mid range branded items, but are far better in quality with some amazing silage. Extreme bang for buck. But then there's no brand you're buying. Just massproduced spray bottles from China with his little paper note on it saying what it is.

Then you have some people saying "well hurr durr it's about quality of sources then". Which is true to some extent; good fragrant agarwood is expensive as fuck. But the vast majority of essences aren't exactly sourced and hand distilled when you buy Creed, Byredo, Diptyque. You're buying sauce from enormous mixers. In some ridiculous cases like with "Eccentric Molecules" you're buying a chemical ester at stupid markups. With NOTHING done to it. You're literally paying premium for a glass bottle and branding.

Flip that around and you have tiny outfits like Juniper Ridge where they actually go out in the woods and collect the raw material they then distill into essential oils. But then their products are actually cheap as perfumes go.

Learn your stuff and shop around. Know what you want.

[Anonymous No.12530844]

>>12529990
And thus, the niche king meme was born

[Anonymous No.12530864]

>>12523866
Does anyone have any good floral or aqua scents for an effeminate gay man who enjoys ballet, ice skating, and martial arts?

[Anonymous No.12530873]

>>12530864
Joop Homme is kind of the go-to for gay dudes, but I suppose Individuel is the better Joop now.

[Anonymous No.12530875]

>>12529990
great guide

[Anonymous No.12530880]

>>12530873
Thanks! Have a great day Anon!

[Anonymous No.12530894]

>>12530880
people in the thread are saying Reflection Man is a much better version of Individuel so try that too
>>12530672
>>12530696
>>12530711

[Anonymous No.12530896]

>>12530880
Thanks! Good luck finding a frag you like.

[Anonymous No.12530897]

So are there any frags left that use real ambergris or is it all synthetic?

[Anonymous No.12530902]

What is parfums de marly herod like? Sounds amazing
Do people like it when they smell it on you or is it one of those niche fragrances that's hard to appreciate for the general population

[Anonymous No.12530908]

>>12523866
>>12530901
New thread, please don't shit it up with your sample collection and snobbery

[Anonymous No.12530911]

what should I wear if my sole intention is dropping panties?

are there any CdG frags that fit that bill? because I tried wonderwood and black and I liked those

[Anonymous No.12530933]

>>12530911
Invictus, Eros, Ultra Male, Sauvage, etc.

[Anonymous No.12530987]

>>12530844
I like "Samplesperg", personally.

[Anonymous No.12531462]

>>12529687
>Did this guy make anything good at all?
What else of his have you tried?

[Anonymous No.12531489]

>>12529985
>effectiveness
If it means for others: back of neck
If it means for yourself: chest
Compromise: forearms

[Anonymous No.12531498]

>>12530710
>>12530719
http://boisdejasmin.com/2012/02/the-price-of-luxury-perfume-1.html

[Anonymous No.12532820]

does perfumista ship worldwide?